KWQC-TV

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KWQC-TV, channel 6, is the NBC affiliate for the Quad Cities, Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois. The Young Broadcasting outlet's city of license is Davenport, Iowa. Its transmitter is located in Bettendorf, Iowa.

Contents

1 History
2 Personalities and programming

2.1 Anchors
2.2 First Alert Weather
2.3 Reporters
2.4 Sports
2.5 The \"Highlight Zone\"
2.6 Syndicated programming

3 Transmitter
4 References
5 External links

History

KWQC originally signed on the air on October 31, 1949, as WOC-TV. It has the distinction of being Iowa's and the Quad Cities' first television station, carrying programming from all four networks at the time (NBC, CBS, ABC and DuMont). However they would share ABC and DuMont with then-new sign-on and future CBS affiliate WHBF-TV by 1950 and would continue the arrangement until DuMont left the air in 1955 and WQAD picked up the ABC affiliation when it signed on in 1963, thus leaving the station with NBC. WOC-TV was originally on channel 5 before moving to channel 6 in 1952.

The station was originally owned by B. J. Palmer, owner of WOC radio, and remained with the Palmer family after his death in 1961. In 1986 the Palmers split their radio and television holdings, and in the process, the TV station's call letters changed to KWQC to distance themselves from their former AM and FM sister stations. KWQC was sold to Broad Street Television in 1989 and to Young Broadcasting in 1996. as of 2006, KWQC does not offer NBC Weather Plus.

Personalities and programming

Current news personalities (as of June 2006) include:

Anchors

Mike Mickle- Quad Cities Today, 10am (sometimes)
Marcia Lense- Quad Cities Today, 10am (sometimes)
Gary Metivier- 5,6,10 weekdays
Paula Sands- 5,6 weekdays; host of Paula Sands Live
Sharon DeRyche- 10:00 weekdays (pm)
Paul Yeager- Noon (part time) Weekends
Lauren Diedrich- Noon (part time) Sunday along with Paul Y. (reporter)
Fran Riley- QC Today Weekends (general reporter)

First Alert Weather

Terry Swails- Cheif Meteorologist- 6,10 weekdays
Erik Maitland- Meteorologist- Noon, 5
Theresa Bryant- Weather Specialist- QC Today, 10am
Kristina Shiroma- Meteorologist- Weekends

Reporters

Tiffany Tift
Becca Jeffers
Ed Tribble
Elizabeth Goodsitt
Matt Davis
Jim Victor (QC Today Finance)

Sports

Thom Cornelis- Weekdays
Dan Pearson
Corey Kuffler

The \"Highlight Zone\"

KWQC is well-known by locals for the "Highlight Zone," a Friday night feature showcasing area high school football and basketball. The "Highlight Zone" airs during the 10 p.m. newscast from roughly late August through early March, with a break in December. Each member of the news anchor staff, along with whomever is giving the weather that night, take turns recapping a featured game.

The camera crews invite fans from each of the games they cover to participate in a skit related to the night's theme. The theme usually centers on a holiday (e.g., Valentine's Day) or local promotion (e.g., The Student Hunger Drive, an initiative by area high schools to collect food for the needy).

The "Highlight Zone" was started for the 1991-1992 season, and the format has since been copied by many TV stations.

Syndicated programming

Syndicated programs on KWQC's schedule include Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, The Tony Danza Show, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. Reruns of air during the weekends; the station also airs Cheers, often on weekends or during telethons (as part of a special marathon.

Transmitter

The KWQC-TV Tower is a 1,381-foot (421 m) high guy-wired aerial mast for the transmission of FM radio and television programs in Bettendorf, west of the Scott Community College campus. (Geographical coordinates: [41°32′49″N, 90°28′35″W]). It was built in 1982. In addition to KWQC, WHBF-TV and radio stations WOC, WLLR-FM, WDLM-FM, and WVIK transmit their signals from this site.

References

External links

Broadcast television in the Quad Cities market [(Nielsen DMA #95)]
WHBF 4 (CBS) - KWQC 6 (NBC) - WQAD 8 (ABC) - K16EL 16 (3ABN) - KLJB 18 (FOX) - WQPT 24 (PBS) - KGCW 26 (WB/The CW) - WBQD-LP 26 (UPN/My Network TV) - KQIN 36 (PBS/IPTV) - W50BY 50/W52BI 52 (TBN) - K61HD 61 / K62FU 62 (TBN)

NBC Network Affiliates in the state of Iowa

KTIV 4 ([[Template:Sioux City TV\|Sioux City]]) - KWQC 6 ([[Template:Quad Cities TV\|Davenport]]) - KWWL 7 ([[Template:Cedar Rapids TV\|Waterloo]]) - WHO 13 ([[Template:Des Moines TV\|Des Moines]])
See also: [[Template:ABC Iowa\|ABC]], [[Template:CBS Iowa\|CBS]], [[Template:Fox Iowa\|Fox]], [[Template:PBS Iowa\|PBS]], [[Template:UPN Iowa\|UPN]], [[Template:WB Iowa\|WB]] and [[Template:Other Iowa Stations\|Other]] stations in Iowa

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